[cayugabirds-l] Acorn woodpeckers wage days-long battles over vacant territories, radio tag data show
Acorn woodpeckers wage days-long battles over vacant territories, radio tag data show _https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200907112342.htm__ _ When acorn woodpeckers inhabiting high-quality territories die, nearby birds begin a battle royal to win the vacant spot. Researchers used radio tags to understand the immense effort woodpecker warriors expend traveling to and fighting in these dangerous battles. They also found spectator woodpeckers go to great lengths to collect social information, coming from kilometers around just to watch these chaotic power struggles. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed Jaeger over Northeast Ithaca tonight
I just had one of the more surreal sightings in local birding I've ever experienced. As I went out in the yard here in Northeast Ithaca this evening to check for nighthawks, I spotted a bird soaring up overhead that, after a quick double take where I tried to turn it into a gull and then a nighthawk, I realized was a small JAEGER. It headed southeast and, incredibly, was spotted by Tristan Herwood and Chris Sayers from Bluegrass Lane shortly thereafter, where they watched it continue up and out of sight to the south. Shape and proportions seem diagnostic for LONG-TAILED over Parasitic to us. Checklist with more details, as well as some very poor photos (phone through binoculars): https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S73362969 Pretty bizarre, but a good reminder to keep an eye out at all times—and always carry a camera. -- Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Migrants
Hi all, Lots of migrants in our yard on Hunt Hill Road today, and yesterday. This afternoon we had 2 bay-breasted warblers, a blackburnian, black-throated green, redstart and common yellowthroat warbler. Just now, 6:15ish, a Swainson's thrush popped up to eat the berries of the red-osier dogwoods that border our lawn. Yesterday there was a small flock in the late afternoon which included a female plumaged tanager, chestnut-sided warbler, magnolia warbler, blackburnian warbler and red-eyed vireo. Several ravens flew over. Other birds in the yard between yesterday afternoon and today include carolina wren, a family of 5 titmice, red-breasted and white-breasted nuthatch, cardinal, catbird, chickadees, 3 or 4 female-plumaged hummingbirds, phoebe, flicker, downy wp and red-bellied wp. We feel so lucky to be in such an active place! So, as I'm writing this, a flock of warblers is in the yard, feeding, flying up and disappearing in the leaves, making it really hard to get on any of them. But, I did see 2 blackburnians, a redstart, 2 blacktroated greens, a magnolia and I'm pretty sure a yellow-throated vireo. There are probably 12-15 birds flying around. Exciting and frustrating as well! One of those magical moments in birding! Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] SYRACUSE area RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 08, 2020 * NYSY 09. 08. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 31, 2020 to September 08, 2020 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: September 08 AT 11:30 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #719 Tuesday September 08, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 31, 2020 Highlights: --- NEOTROPICAL CORMORANT (Extralimital) LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON SANDHILL CRANE RED KNOT RUDDY TURNSTONE HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHIMBREL BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER FORSTER’S TERN EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER FISH CROW GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 8/31: 11 shorebird species including RED KNOT and STILT SANDPIPER were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. 9/1: 2 RED KNOTS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A LEAST BITTERN was seen from Morgan Road. 9/3: 25 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were counted from the east end of Puddlers Marsh.5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. 9/4: A LEAST BITTERN was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 9/6: 12 shorebird species including 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, a STILT SANDPIPER and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Also seen were 19 SANDHILL CRANES. The BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen through 9/8. Cayuga County 9/3: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on West Bay Road in Fair Haven. 21 SANDERLINGS were seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven, 9/4: A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haveb. 9/5: 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Howland Island. Onondaga County RED CROSSBILLS, sometimes as many as 14 continue at the intersection of Shakham Road and Herlihy Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest south of Fabius. 9/1: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. 9/2: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen from the Wetzel Road Blind at Hamlin marsh in Clay. 9/3: A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen with Killdeer on Rickard Road north of Skaneateles. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was heard at Radisson River Park (private) north of Baldwinsville. 9/4: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was found at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A STILT SANDPIPER was seen from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 9/6: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville. 9/7: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen from the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. Oswego County 9/1: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen on Oneida Lake from Mill Street in Constantia. 9/2: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on Depot Road in West Monroe. 9/3: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT and 4 RED KNOTS were seen at Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. The Godwit continued through the 5th. 9/5: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sunset Bay Park on lake Ontario in Scriba. Madison County 8/31: 15 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen in Oneida. 9/5: A RED CROSSBILL was seen on Beebe Road in Erieville. 9/7: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the Great Swamp Conservancy north of Canastota. Oneida County An EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE first reported on 8/31 but possibly present since early spring was seen by many this week in the Triangle park area of Rome and may still be present. Also heard in this area this week were FISH CROWS. 9/1: A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen from the main Street Overlook at Delta Lake State Park. a WHIMBREL was seen in the area also. 9/3: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen near Point in Lee. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen at Verona beach state Park on Oneida Lake. 9/6: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Lakeshore Road at the east end of Oneida Lake. Herkimer County 9/3: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Salisbury Corners. 9/4: 3 BLACK VULTURES were seen near Little falls. Extralimital A NEOTROPICAL CORMORANT discovered on 9/5 at the Batavia Wastewater Treatment Plant in Genesee County is still present today. Be sure to check operating hours if you plan to go. End Report
